palace concert in Salzburg

Ensemble 1756 was founded in Salzburg in 2006. Stunningly, the “Mozart City” was missing an ensemble that would put its primary focus on the original interpretation of Mozart’s works on historical instruments. Playing on original instruments, the intensive work with stylistics and rhetoric of the 18th Century such as a balanced combination of instruments oriented towards historic rules- that is the way how the ensemble makes a special and authentic sound. As an auditor once noticed: “All you are missing is the original Mozart-air.” The “Orchestra 1756” created regular concert series in Salzburg and Vienna. The ongoing rehearsals and concerts at the Viennese St. Charles church especially lead to an exceptional consonance and harmony.


Konstantin Hiller on “his” Ensemble 1756:

“Our playing is characterized by always giving a 100 percent. For that, we need unity and compactness- we try to re-focus on every new composition, every concert, every venue and every atmosphere. What we did in concert ‘a’ may already sound completely different in concert ‘b’. “